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NEWS DECODER -- Medicine that’s a breath of fresh air

BY LIANA HWANG (FGJ '23) -- Shortly after Melissa Lem, a Canadian family doctor, moved from northern British Columbia to Toronto, she found herself feeling edgier. She didn’t know why. READ MORE.

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HEALTHY DEBATE -- ‘We’re not going to silently suffer through these symptoms’: Breaking the silence and stigma around menopause

BY LIANA HWANG (FGJ '23) -- Janet Ko thought menopause was going to be great. She expected a few hot flashes but was looking forward to not having a period or worrying about pregnancy. She was at the peak of her career in a senior leadership position when she began having joint pain, palpitations, brain fog and up to 20 of those hot flashes a day. READ MORE.

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L’actualité -- Une dermatite ? Votre onguent en vente libre en est peut-être la cause

BY LIANA HWANG (FGJ '23) --  La dermatite allergique de contact (DAC) est une éruption cutanée rouge qui provoque de la démangeaison. Elle survient lorsqu’une substance entre en contact avec la peau de manière répétée, ce qui entraîne une sensibilisation et une réaction allergique. On estime qu’elle touche 20 % de la population générale et qu’elle peut être causée par de nombreuses substances comme le nickel et le latex, ainsi que par des produits médicaux tels que les antibiotiques topiques. En savoir plus

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CHATELAINE -- Why You Should Pair Cheese And Tea

BY LIANA HWANG (FGJ ‘23) -- Canadians love tea. We each drink more than 200 cups a year on average, says Shabnam Weber, president of the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada. But if tea is something you associate with a morning cup of Earl Grey, and you usually pair a glass of wine with your cheese, it’s time to think again. READ MORE. 

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HEALTHY DEBATE -- ‘There’s always a way forward’: Mentors help students deal with devastating Match Day results 

BY LIANA HWANG (FGJ ‘23) -- Every March, final-year medical students in Canada face what for many is the single most stressful day of medical school, Match Day. It’s the day when they find out after years of education and months of applications and interviews if they will continue their training in their chosen speciality as residents after graduation. READ MORE. 

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TORONTO STAR -- In Canada, food rescue is a massive job. But it’s not the way to end hunger

BY LIANA HWANG (FGJ ‘23) -- A few decades ago, if you had passed through Stavely, a farming and ranching community in southern Alberta, you would have seen lines of boxcars at one of the town’s grain elevators. Now, the rail line is closed and all the grain elevators have been torn down but one, a massive structure near the highway that can’t be missed. READ MORE. 

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CIUT.FM 89.5 -- THE HOME SHOW (PART TWO) 

CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY ADAM PYLE, ALFONSO SILVA-SANTISTEBAN, FARAH MARANI, HEIDI HAY, LIANA HWANG, NORMA HILTON, SANDOR DEMETER, AND SHEFALI MALHOTRA (FGJ ‘23) -- What comes to mind when you think of home? Is it a place? A feeling? A cliché? A song? Home can mean different things to different people, whether it's another planet, your mama's kitchen or a farm in Kansas. In the next hour and a bit, we'll hear different stories about home. We'll hear about the power of music to shelter us, what it means to flee from the only home you've ever known and start again, and how to create a safe space for youth in a chaotic world. We'll hear about a haunted house, finding refuge in a theatre group, living a nomadic life and other stories that will explore what home means. LISTEN HERE.

Special thanks to: Ben Edwards, radio producer, CBC

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CIUT.FM 89.5 -- THE HOME SHOW (PART ONE)

CREATED AND DEVELOPED BY ADAM PYLE, ALFONSO SILVA-SANTISTEBAN, FARAH MARANI, HEIDI HAY, LIANA HWANG, NORMA HILTON, SANDOR DEMETER, AND SHEFALI MALHOTRA (FGJ ‘23) -- What comes to mind when you think of home? Is it a place? A feeling? A cliché? A song? Home can mean different things to different people, whether it's another planet, your mama's kitchen or a farm in Kansas. In the next hour and a bit, we'll hear different stories about home. We'll hear about the power of music to shelter us, what it means to flee from the only home you've ever known and start again, and how to create a safe space for youth in a chaotic world. We'll hear about a haunted house, finding refuge in a theatre group, living a nomadic life and other stories that will explore what home means. LISTEN HERE. 

Special thanks to: Ben Edwards, radio producer, CBC